Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
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Photo: benzinga Now even the Emirates are agreeing: the world's most expensive Christmas tree is an embarrassment. Surely this must be a top contender in the Wretched Excess Department . This week the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi put up an $11 million Christmas tree in its lobby. To be precise: the fake fir tree cost $10,000 and ...
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Image: TreeHugger Looking back at 2010, it's clear that the Gulf Oil Spill is the story that will headline environmental history books. But it's not the only memorable one: From nearly invisible mirrored treehouses to strange pale and blind ants found in the Amazon to See the rest here: The Most Popular and Memorable Stories of 2010
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Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons When TreeHugger compiled a short list of contenders for the title of "Person of the Year" in 2010, we knew it would be difficult to choose a single winner. Everyone on the shortlist, we agreed, deserved some recognition. In the end, however, it became clear that if a Person of the Year was going to ...
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Photo credit: whiteafrican / Creative Commons After we decided to select a TreeHugger Person of the Year , we also wanted to see which of the eco-heroes of 2010 our readers would pick from our short list ballot and after a week of voting the response was definitive: Nearly a quarter of all votes were for Ja... Read the ...
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Photo via picocool A new form of street art has been gaining popularity throughout the US -- and, while it may not be taking the world by storm just yet, it's certainly helping to keep things cozy just in case. Quite often, graffiti is cited as making neighborhoods seem rundown or unwelcoming, but it seems that some vigilante artisans ...
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... Read the full story on TreeHugger Original post: Holiday Gift Guide 2010: The Foodie and the Health and Wellness Guru (Video)
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See the original post: The Creative, Colorful Climate Protests of Cancun 2010 (Photos)
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See the original post: The Creative, Colorful Climate Protests of Cancun 2010 (Photos)
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I happened upon this great music video for kids, "Science is Real" making its way up the Most Popular list on Reddit. It's by the alt rock band They Might be Giants, famous for their 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' tune and the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle. Anywho, it piqued my curiosity. Why was such a simple, cutesy conce... ...
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I happened upon this great music video for kids, "Science is Real" making its way up the Most Popular list on Reddit. It's by the alt rock band They Might be Giants, famous for their 'Istanbul (Not Constantinople)' tune and the theme song to Malcolm in the Middle. Anywho, it piqued my curiosity. Why was such a simple, cutesy conce... ...
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This hand operated gramophone is as simple as it gets. Original post: Minimalist Gramophone Makes Playing Music Super Simple
Contrary to previously held notions of how whale songs are shared between neighboring populations, a surprising study finds that whales living the same ocean basin are singing different songs. Read the original post: Study: Humpback Whales Living in Same Ocean ...
